How to mince garlic
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When you want a dish to have quintessential garlic flavor that permeates each bite, mince it. You can mince with a knife, or a garlic press. |
| Either way, you need to free the individual cloves. To do that, press down on the head with the heel of your palm. Apply firm, even pressure so the cloves don't fly all over the place. |  |
| To peel an individual clove, cut of the hard stem end where the clove attached to the bulb. Either stop the cut just short of the skin on the other side and peel the skin around to remove it, or make the cut all the way through and squeeze out the clove. The older the clove, the easier the skin releases. |  |
| You can also peel it by setting the side of your knife blade on the clove and pressing down until you feel the skin release. If you crush the clove it's difficult to slice, so resist the temptation to smash here. |  |
| To mince with a knife, smash the peeled clove flat with the side of your knife. Then just run your knife back and forth across the smashed clove, chopping as you go until it's as fine as you like. |  |
| If you don't want individual little pieces of garlic and have a press, just put the whole peeled clove (or cloves, if you can fit them) in the press and squeeze. |  |
| Use your knife to trim away any clinging garlic. |  |
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